Detachable lining for watch-pockets



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' J. H. THURLOW.

DETAGHABLB LINING PQR WATCH POGKBTS.

Pagtentsm` Dec. 5,1882,

N4 PETERS, MvLikhognpMr. Washington. D.Cy

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. THURLOW, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.,

DETACHABLE LINlNG FOR WATCH-POCKETS.V

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,574, dated December 5, 1882.

Application ledfAprl'lQ, 1882. (No model.) v

To all whom trma'y concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. THURLoW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston,

in the county of' Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,.have invented a Detachable Protecting Lining' for Watch-Pockets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my detachable watch-pocket lining. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the watch-pocket ot' a garment having my detachable lining applied thereto.

. can be easily and quickly applied, at a trilling cost, to the poclget after the garment is made or while it is in use, for the purpose of protecting the Watch and preventing it from coming directlyinto contact with the cloth forming the inside of the pocket and becoming unduly worn or scratched thereby; and my invention consists in an independent lining composed of chamois-skin or other suitable material, and adapted to iit within the watch-pocket of a vest or other garment, the said lining being provided at its upper edges with hooks, which are adapted to secure the lining to the interior of the pocket, and also admit of its being detached, it' desired, to allow of its application to the pocket of another garment; and, my invention also consists in certain details of construction, as hereinafter set forth and specitically claimed. t

In the said drawings, A represents a portion of a vest, and B an ordinary watch-pocket formed in the same. Within this pocket B is placed an independent protecting-lining, G, which is preferably made of chamois-skin, as this material is best adapted to prevent a watch from becoming scratched or Worn b`ut the lining may be composed ot' kid or other suitable soft material, if desired. This lining() (seen detached in Fig. l) is made in the form of a bag or open-mouthed receptacle of a proper size to contain a watch, the upper edges being turned over at a.. These turned-over portions or edges a are provided with a series of metallic hooks or fastening devices, D, the outer portions, b, of which are forced through from the inner side of the said portion a, and held in place by flat retaining-plates c, which remain within the fold, the outer portion. ot' each hook being provided with an inwardly and upwardly projecting barb, e, formed by punching in the metal.

When the lining C is to be applied to the watch-pocket B it is first placed within the same, and the portions b of the hooks D then. pushed through the cloth on either side ofthe interior of the pocket at points preferably' about half an inch below its upper edge, thus rendering the lining invisible from the outside. The two portions of each hook are then closed or pressed together, which causes the barbs e to enter the cloth and prevent thehooks from being withdrawn, thus holdingthe lining securely in place within the pocket and preventing it from being pulled out with the watch.

Should it be desired, however, to remove the' lining C, it is merely necessaryto spread apart or open the two portions of each hook, so asv to detach the barbs c from the cloth, when the lining can be readily taken out and applied, it' r desired, to the pocket of another garment.`

Any suitable number of hooks D may be employed; but I prefer to place two upon the front and three upon 'the rear edge of the lining, and it will be seen that these hooks or fastening devices are so placed as not to come into contact with the watch while the latteris v the watch to run with greater accuracy than where it is free to assume different positions in the pocket.

The construction of the hooks D may be varied, if desired; and instead of hooks any other suitable metallic fastening devices may be employed which will admit of the ready IOO application of the lining to a watch-pocket and of its 'being detached therefrom Without injury to the garment.

The above-described article is intended to be kept ready-made by jewelers and others, S0 that it can be easily and quickly applied at a trilling cost to the pocket of a garment Without removing the latter from the body, a convenient means being thus afforded of protecting a Watch Without the trouble and inconvenience of having a pocket of chamois-skin sewed into the garment.

4What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the detachable or independent watch-pocket lining C, of the inetallic hooks D, secured to its upper edges and provided with inwardly-projecting retaining barbs, e, adapted to enter the cloth forming the bottom for the purpose of preventing the z5 watch from turningin the pocket, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 8th day of April, A. D. 1882.

JOHN H. THURLOW.

In presence of- P. E. TESCHEMACHER, W. J. CAMBRIDGE. 

